castrensial
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin castrensis, from castra (“camp”).
Adjective[edit]
castrensial (not comparable)
- (archaic) Belonging to a (military) camp.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- […] making about 60 Miles in Circuit, which is the Measure of three Days Journey, according unto Military Marches, or Castrensial Mansions.
References[edit]
- “castrensial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.